It’s been an honor and a privilege writing for The Shaman for the second year running; tons of great writers/contributors with the passion to match – I can always count on this site to steer me in unexpected directions – new bands, new gigs…
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Anyone familiar with Chapel Hill, NC’s ‘surface scene’ is probably aware of its longstanding history of American conservatism gift wrapped with Southern ‘charm’ and ‘old money’; despite this pervasive vibe, pockets of rebellion exist – music venues like the Local 506 and Cat’s Cradle,…
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Scott Endres is one busy, busy beaver. Not content with dropping jaws and gaining a plethora of plaudits with post-doom psychenaut behemoths MAKE, the erstwhile axeman also beavers away with his even farther-out there solo project The Pod, who have dropped this here release…
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THE POD is an ambient solo side project from MAKE guitarist Scott Endres, realised in 2012 THE POD explores the notions of soundscape drones with a truly ethereal feel and Pre-Orders are now available for the new recording ‘Assassins In The Mirrored Hall’, digital…
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It’s an odd name isn’t it, MAKE? I mean, you know roughly what you’re getting into when a band is named, I don’t know, Bongwizard, or, say, Hammerslayer, but a neutral-sounding name that suggests nothing in particular makes it difficult to judge exactly what…
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MAKE recently entered the studio to begin recording tracks for their EP ‘Axis‘ with engineer Nick Petersen (Horseback, Bon Iver). Says guitarist Scott Endres of the new EP: “It’s not necessarily meant to be a cohesive statement but rather ideas we had which didn’t…
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, drone-pysch-doom-metal trio MAKE are set to release their stunning debut album ‘Trephine’ via Devouter Records on the 30th July 2012 which will be available on a limited Heavy Weight White/Grey Speckled 12” Vinyl. With themes covering the concept of mortality,…
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The Soggy Bog Podcast returns this week with Episode 84, and Bob, head honcho over at the Bog apologised in advance for his drunken ramblings, but he still delivered some killer tracks from the likes of Make, Stonehelm, Rites, Open Tomb, Evoken, Windhand, Dopelord,…
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